Review of I Feel Pretty (2018) by Moviematty — 20 Apr 2018

My wife and I see about one movie a week, generally Friday night date night. I never write reviews. However, when I saw some of the bad reviews people were leaving for this film, it really surprised me.

I thought it was a fantastic film, and I was really happy we saw it. I see so many movies that are truly awful, and I regret even spending the time or money seeing, but this movie had me rolling with laughter the whole way through; it has a great message, and we walked out of the theater all laughs as we retold each other our favorite one liners.

I don’t know what people expect anymore, but I suspect those that left a poor review were expecting a raunchy buddy comedy, which this isn’t. This is a funny and sweet rom-com, that avoids all of the cheesy trappings of typical rom-coms.

It was my wife’s turn to pick the movie, so it wasn't really my choice, but I was really happy I went. I laughed a lot, especially the first 20 minutes. I really liked some of the choices made for this movie as well.

For example, when Schumer turns "pretty", we all see her looking into the mirror, and to the audience nothing changes, but for her she has completely transformed. So unlike Shallow Hal, we never see a different image for Schumer, she is the only one that sees the "pretty" version of herself.

I also liked the fact that she never cheats on her boyfriend, which for me makes a character less sympathetic. In the end it is a really sweet movie, with a great message - that you should love yourself no matter how attractive/unattractive you are on the outside, but that personality and character are much more attractive than physical beauty.

A big plus for me is that I can tell everyone to go see it, my parents, my wife’s parents, people at work, people at church. I thought it was appropriate for everyone.